Raw Review: McMahon Shakes Things Up In The UK

If you think last night's Raw was anything but a newsworthy episode of WWE's flagship broadcast, you need to have your head examined.

Even thought the show was a taped one & I knew the results hours before it went on the air, it was still a spectacular, important, & game-changing episode as it relates to the Survivor Series in just under 3 weeks time.

First off, we now have a Triple Threat WWE Championship match scheduled for the PPV. Punk & Ryback have now been taken out of the Traditional Survivor Series match.

I do have a few problems with this...

• It basically renders last weeks episode as unimportant.
• I was actually looking forward to the match, so it was a shocker, and not a good one.

So now the traditional Survivor Series match is being put on the back burner for yet another year. Not a fan of that.

Anyhow, elsewhere on the show, the Brad Maddox saga continued.

Since I haven't been on here for two weeks or so, let me just say this was a smart move. Not only was it a great solution for the finish of Hell In A Cell's main event, but it also introduces us to a new character.

The angle itself has generated surprising interest, since Maddox has stated he is acting alone(which not many people, including me, believe.), and even thought his voice sounds like a 13-year-old John Morrison, he actually doesn't have bad promo skills. I expect him to get absolutely massacred next week when he faces Ryback, only to get help from Punk, Heyman, and Team Ziggler(despite Punk and Ziggler's problems), and when he gets his $1,000,000 contract, can become a pretty good heel. The situation is being pushed heavily on all of WWE's TV programs, so don't expect it to be swept under the carpet so quickly.

As far as this scandal storyline goes, I'll address that in another post later this week. But in another story, JERRY LAWLER IS BACK NEXT MONDAY.

I'm not ashamed to say I missed the King alot. JR did an typically AWESOME job filling in(and he should stay with Cole & Lawler for a three-man team, which is being discussed!), but the show just wasn't the same without having Jerry on commentary. Glad to see he's coming back.

On another note, the crowd was AWESOME. They were vocal in every segment, even with 3MB, which is saying alot. I LOVE UK CROWDS! :)

Tonight's SuperSmackdown (Not)LIVE! also has the potential to be a great show. Apparently there was a pub fight between Big Show, Sheamus, and William Regal.

Wait, did I just type William Regal?

I did?

He's on the show?

In the main event?

Holy Crap! They're actually using him! This is remarkable! Now let's see if this last for more than one week...